Minolta Hi-Matic 9 oily aperture

[Screamin Scott]

Anyone here know where I can get info on lens disassembly on a Minolta Himatic 9?...I just got one off oBoy & it has a sticky aperture...It also needs new light seals, but I've done that before & still have part of a kit from Jon here on the group...I am just looking for maybe some pics showing how to take it apart & re-assemble. I'm assuming a couple of washes with Ronsonal should clean off the blades...Any other tips would be appreciated....
The camera still had a roll of GAF 64 slide film in it...


Scott

 

[Screamin Scott]

Correction...

Correction...

I just realized that it's not the aperture blades that are sticky, It's the shutter blades...I was checking it out some more & set the shutter to B setting & then I noticed the aperture blades behind the shutter blades when I held the shutter open...So....The question remains the same but the subject changes...

Scott

 

[Mike Kovacs]

The flushing rarely works (for long) IMO, especially if you allow the gunk from the mechanism to get onto the shutter blades.

I think I have the HiMatic9 service manual somewhere on my computer at home. Will check for you. I used it to help ease a HiMatic7 I went thru last year. The Seiko shutter needed to come completely apart in this case.

 

[filmgoerjuan]

Stu W has a version of the Hi-Matic 9 service manual available for download: http://mysite.verizon.net/stuems/himatic9servicemanual.zip

(Found in this thread)

I have a Hi-Matic 7s with sticky blades and I'm debating trying to clean it myself versus getting someone more skilled to tackle it.


Cheers!

 

[Screamin Scott]

Thanks to all that replied...Now to find the time to do the repair...I'll post again when I finish..

Scott

 

[refinder]

thank you filmgoerjuan, and stu W, for the hi matic 9 repair manual!

i downloaded it, very helpful, tks a lot!

 

[filmgoerjuan]

Hmm...I hadn't tried opening that zip file before I recommended it. Tried on two computers and on both I keep getting errors and it won't let me open the files.

No idea what's up with that zip.